‘You can be confident about the things that you're good at,” says @calmleadership.bsky.social, “but you have to always know that you're still learning.’ When he chats with @teacherhead.bsky.social and @emmaturner75.bsky.social in the Mind the Gap Podcast: buff.ly/yvN3PJO

Keep Calm and Lead On with Patrick Cozier, Mind the Gap, Ep.102 (S5,E18)

On this episode of Mind the Gap, Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner are joined by Patrick Cozier, long-serving headteacher of Highgate Wood School in Haringey, London and author of the forthcoming book…

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Essential reading for aspiring and current school leaders at all levels 📖 Out now: buff.ly/xgk86xA @calmleadership.bsky.social @emmaturner75.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social #Booksky #Edusky #SchoolLeadership

Calm Leadership

Staying grounded, staying in control and staying the course

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It was great fun talking to @teacherhead.bsky.social and @emmaturner75.bsky.social for the latest episode of the Mind the Gap podcast creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

A super day down in Dartford today with Cygnus Academies Trust. All schools, all staff, all thinking deeply about how learning happens with younger learners across the primary phase. Thank you for having me!

Loved joining @emmaturner75.bsky.social and @teacherhead.bsky.social for a chat on @mindthegappodcast.bsky.social this week. Out soon. I've got a new addition to my profile bio out of it...!

Walked my Y5 son to school yesterday. A new EYFS little boy started shouting my son's name excitedly, & proudly telling his dad, "There's my big friend!" Turns out Y5s are helping the new EYFS in the hall at lunchtime. Another example of a small thing for a big sense of belonging.

Really enjoyed recording this episode with Shane and talking about some of my favourite topics: Curriculum in primary, the importance of understanding age and stage, and transition between Y6 and Y7. pod.fo/e/32719c

Education Leaders: Teaching Primary Children Where They Are | A Conversation with Emma Turner

In this essential episode for school leaders, Shane explores primary education leadership with Emma Turner, a primary education expert with over 25 years of experience in school leadership developm...

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New episode with @emmaturner75.bsky.social explores why primary-secondary transition shouldn't feel like 'running into a wall.' Her 'brackish water' metaphor completely reframes how we think about preparing children for change. Listen here: pod.fo/e/32719c #EducationLeaders #PrimaryEducation

SDP 2: Influenced by the work of @emmaturner75.bsky.social , her analogies and 'The Curriculum is a Knife and Fork'. We'll be looking at the basic skills and the desirables of our curriculum offer with a focus on writing this year.

In the second portion of our morning, we shared @emmaturner75.bsky.social 's Are We Looking in the Wrong Direction? wp.me/pdbms8-3L with staff. Lots of conversations about what we can do more of or differently to make a difference for our children.

Are we looking in the wrong direction?

The wrong deficit – are we looking in the wrong direction? In education we are often driven by deficit narratives; we look for what isn’t going well and then address these with precision, resources…

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"It is an intensely lazy dichotomy to assume that play or playfulness, joy & delight are the enemies of effective instruction; they are not adversaries to be pitched in explosive battle; they are comrades in arms in a well deployed pedagogical arsenal." @emmaturner75.bsky.social 1/2

I've been mulling on this for a while. It's the first in what will be a longer series of blogs. "Are we looking in the wrong direction?" thinkingflexibly.com/2025/08/03/a...

Are we looking in the wrong direction?

The wrong deficit – are we looking in the wrong direction? In education we are often driven by deficit narratives; we look for what isn’t going well and then address these with precision, resources…

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Apologies to anyone who’s tried to contact me & hasn’t had a response. I’ve had a very nasty accident & won’t be on SM for a while. I’ll catch up with everything & everyone in time but for the next month or so it’ll be v quiet. Thank you to all who’ve already sent best wishes.

Among #EYP2CtW25 contributor & delegate book recommendations @pepsmccrea.bsky.social @jazampawfarr.bsky.social Laurence Rees, @stevemunby.bsky.social @realdavidc.bsky.social Mick Waters @emmaturner75.bsky.social @joshconnolly.bsky.social You can still add via padlet.com/pday1/eyp2ct...

A key phrase from the writing framework that I fear may get lost is around the fact that although it recommends that children should sit in the correct position for specific writing practice, it goes on to say that this does NOT mean they need to sit at tables for the rest of the day.

The finest edu post you’ll see today. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

In the most exhausting half term of the year, when everyone is crawling through each day, the universe then says, ‘Here, have a massive heatwave too.’ Classrooms full of overheated children & melting teachers, some rooms like actual greenhouses & with zero ventilation. What fun.

There are no children deficit in screen time in this country but plenty who don’t have rich opportunities for play, which is critical for healthy human development. Being part of this national steering group is a highlight of my work within primary.

Really grateful for RPs etc @mralmonded.bsky.social, @misssdoherty.bsky.social, @emmaturner75.bsky.social, @emmacate.bsky.social, @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social, @suchmo83.bsky.social

Loving the wide ranging curriculum projects I'm leading at the moment. One of my favourite elements of my work.

Absolutely loved recording this podcast episode; not least for the worst edu-pun I’ve ever made 😂 Bronwyn was amazing - so much sense, detail and energy around what works in T&L and PD open.spotify.com/episode/2VF3...

The Errors Tour: Codification and Adaptation with Bronwyn Ryrie Jones, Mind the Gap, Ep.99 (S5,E15)

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Absolutely loved recording this podcast episode; not least for the worst edu-pun I’ve ever made 😂 Bronwyn was amazing - so much sense, detail and energy around what works in T&L and PD open.spotify.com/episode/2VF3...

The Errors Tour: Codification and Adaptation with Bronwyn Ryrie Jones, Mind the Gap, Ep.99 (S5,E15)

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🌟 I'll be in London and in the SW15 area on Tuesday 6th January🌟 I currently have a free slot in the afternoon for that date so do get in touch if you're interested in booking this date for curriculum, CogSci, T&L or subject leadership work.

I'll be speaking for the very 1st time at Wellington this year. I'll be over in Great School building on the Friday with lots of the Walkthrus & In Action team. I'll be talking about some of my very favourite things - age, stage & the importance of these in the primary curriculum. Do come & say hi.

100% Amen to this. The research on its own is not enough.

Today’s leadership advice 😁

I hadn’t realised how far my teaching has gone towards tech first, teacher second. Why? I don’t know. Time poor? Juggling too many subjects? Stress? Lack of physical resources for 33 pupils e.g clocks? Thanks for this reminder. Follow up discussion here open.spotify.com/episode/0SUF...

Have we forgotten the power of analogue teaching?: The Sunday Late Show with Christopher Vowles

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Emma Turner FCCT@emmaturner75.bsky.social · last yr.

Latest blog on the importance but decline of teacher modelling. thinkingflexibly.com/2025/05/11/t...

Truth.